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Fact-checking Obi’s claims on number of out-of-school children, IDPs, school abductions in Northern Nigeria

• Fact Check
• Politics

Fact-checking Obi’s claims on number of out-of-school children, IDPs, school abductions in Northern Nigeria

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo October 24, 2022 1

Nigeria has grappled with over ten years of insurgency, particularly in the Northeast region. Since 2009, the...

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Beware! Facebook birthday message requesting your phone number is fraudulent

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• Facebook Checks
• Media Literacy

Beware! Facebook birthday message requesting your phone number is fraudulent

Lois Ugbede October 23, 2022 0

Birthdays are special days in everyone’s life. They are usually marked with gifts to the person being...

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False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election

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• Fact Check
• Liberia
• Politics

False! President Weah did not win 78% of votes in 2017 election

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 20, 2022 0

‘I had 78% of the popular votes of the Liberian people’ – Weah According to the Liberian...

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Buhari’s figure on Nigeria’s vaccination rate inaccurate

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• Health

Buhari’s figure on Nigeria’s vaccination rate inaccurate

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo October 19, 2022 1

President Muhammadu Buhari said that 38.7 million, representing 35 per cent of total eligible Nigerians targeted for...

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Steve Harvey ò wá sí Nàìjíríà láti wá ṣe ìpolongo ìdìbò fún Peter Obi

• African Languages
• Fact Check
• Politics
• Yoruba

Steve Harvey ò wá sí Nàìjíríà láti wá ṣe ìpolongo ìdìbò fún Peter Obi

Phillip Anjorin October 19, 2022 0

Ọ̀rọ̀: Aṣàmúlò ìtàkùn ìbáraenidọ́rẹ̀ẹẹ́ Facebook kan wípé gbajúgbajà atọkùn ètò tẹlifíṣàn ní ìlú Amẹ́ríkà, Steve Harvey, tiwà...

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The Fact Checker – Five Times Twitter Users Got It Wrong

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The Fact Checker – Five Times Twitter Users Got It Wrong

Dubawa October 17, 2022 0

A weekly newsletter that takes a closer look at the significance of truth and falsehood in today’s...

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False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure

• Economy
• Fact Check
• Liberia

False! Public wage bill under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was never 70% of total expenditure

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 12, 2022 0

According to Samuel Jackson, an Economist, the wage bill under the former administration ballooned to 70%, amounting...

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How Twitter accounts misinform followers during ASUU strike

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• Media Literacy

How Twitter accounts misinform followers during ASUU strike

Phillip Anjorin October 12, 2022 0

In previous fact-checks by DUBAWA, ASUU disclosed that it has no official Twitter handle. Therefore, these handles...

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Misleading picture trends despite news debunk

• Elections
• Explainers
• Politics

Misleading picture trends despite news debunk

Phillip Anjorin October 10, 2022 0

Followers of the Nigerian Labour Party marked Nigeria’s 62nd Independence anniversary with a campaign rally in support...

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Yes! You can be a big eater and still have peptic ulcer

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• Health

Yes! You can be a big eater and still have peptic ulcer

Lois Ugbede October 4, 2022 2

Many people get this bacterial infection as a child, but it rarely develops into a peptic ulcer...

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